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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09

he ract That the actual Demo
cratic majority III this State st the
recent election WAS Only 1926, 70
latter from what cause, shows
p!.'nlv eA"ugh that tie work Of
carrying Virginia for the next Ma
t.onaI Democr attic ticket will he no
chil1's play. and that in order 10
attain that desirable Object there
must he AZ rDoTe mrn}eYing With
Democratic principles ard policy by
either the State or the National lie
MOtrlrA .-Alexandria (Na) gazette.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
she Public Schools, Plague
Take 'ttm.
Plague

Major Finger, Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, thinks that ~
cents on a hundred dollars worth OF
property, is rot enough for Public
School purposes, AMI lie ASKS that
there be increased taxotiOn. Twelve
and a-h"if cents is exactly 12j cents
too mucA. The money had better
tie burned to ashes. We would
rather burn 8 s. h,lI, than to pay
-. towards the support Of the
public auhooIs. No greater vt1ijction
was ever visited upon the people Of
the South. Nothing is so fast so
surely running the negroes of the
South as the acCursed free schools,
and they should be wiped out of eX-
istence instead Of having their capac-
itl for harm increased. TheE com
plctely ruin the negro, and We are
not ccrj in If their effect is not IL
JuFloh~ upon Lhe WHITES. Al buc
;icsent rate it will not be ten years
before II will De utterly impossible
to find ntg.o in the South who IS
worth his salt, to 8 white employer,
an As for any service which hr may
be for his own race, we sinp'y ask
ttsc question, who ever knew one
n gro to serve another faithfully. i
God Intended that free schools
should be, it was written on tue
t-Nivts of stone which were broken
III Slnai'S Mt. ami the lines were
IL, >,r retraced. Ii the selfish politi~
car, he craven dcmagogUe, cOulu
u3 G ccted to stay at hOHe, there
might be some hope of relief, for, if
tie voice o. three-fpuTths uf the tax>
payers Of North larolin;. were ex-
p"e9sed tO~dav, and hceicd the in.
t4mOus 81 stun would be abolished
INSTANTLY " adeShurO Ihte{Ii0oHcer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04

for have done nothing. l am only pcor
shepherd boy keeping few sheep in the val.
ley yonder, and could not help you, though
l wished TO ever SO much"
but" said the king, uncovering wicker
cage, 81 think you know this bird; and are
you not tie brave boy that leaped down al
the risk of his life TO save the pigeon from
the HAWKE
Il saved the pigeon, sir, that is true"
Yes, and afterwards you were honest
enough 10 let it fly again, Instead of keeping
it. Now this pigeon brought me the news
that helped me to gain the victory. So you
see you helped without knowing it, Your re-
ward shall be this sword, and when you
grow up / will make you a captain in my
army"
So the shepherd-boy in time became a
soldier, and lived to be great general, and
before he died had gained many battles, and
had done many brave deeds TO help the
king.
All children are like that shepherd boy in
the lonely valley. They have little tasks
and duties, and it seems as if they could do
nothing great for God our King. But it is
not so, for no one knows whether what he is
doing is great or little. Very often an action
that seems very trifling is really great in
Gods sight and He will reward our good
actions. 1t seems little matter to be kind
to brothers aud sisters, to be obedient to par
ents and Industrious at lessons, just as it
seemed to the shepherd-boy very little mat
ter to watch over few sheep, and to be good
and kind at home. But il he had not always
been honest and brave in little things, he
would not have been so when the pigeon
came, and then he would not have helped the
king. And so, If you are not good in little
things, you will find, when God sends you
some great thing to do, that you cannot be
good in great things. Therefore, whatever
you do, whether alone or with others,
whether at work or at play, remember that
though you are child, you can do some
thing to help the Lord our King, You are
helping him whenever you are doing what
is right.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
Carlyle on SartOr Resartus.

One day the talk fell upon his books.
poor old Sartor ]" he said. cts book in
which l take little satisfaction; reallya book
worth very little as work of art, a fragmen-
tary, disjointed, vehement production, It
was written when l was lvin' at Craigen-
puttock, one o the solitariest places on the
face of the earth; wild moorland place
where one might lead wholesome, simple
life, and might labor without interruption,
and be not altogether without peace such as
London cannot give. We were quite alone,
and there is much that is beautiful and pre-.
cious in them as l look back on those days."
He went on to tell of the difficulties he had
In getting the book published, of which an
account has since been given in his Life"
and ofthe lack of favor with which 1t was at
first received, and then he said: "But it's
been 80 with all my books. I've had little
satisfaction or encouragement in the dom of
them, and the most satisfaction can get out
of them now is the sense of havin' shoulder
ed heavy burden O. work, an not finched
under 1t. I've had but one thing to say from
beginnin' to end of them, and that was, that
there's no other reliance for this world or any
other but just the truth, and that if men did
not want to be damned to all eternity, they
had best give up lynn, and all kinds of false
hood; that the world was far gone already
through lyins' and that there's no hope for 1t
save just 80 far as men find out and believe
the truth, and match their lives to it. But on
the whole the world has gone on lynn worse
than eyer. "a laugh.) It's not very pleas
ant rctrOspect-those books O. mine-of a
long life; a beggarly account ofempty boxes.
- Tinreton RepiegD
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
VOL. XXXu---NO. 5.
VARIETIES.

PATHS favorite color is rcd, but she also
admires green. She thinks the American
banknote has such lovely shade.
-Teacher-"Well, my little man, does the
question bother your" '"Little Willie Syn
tax-"No, sir; but the answer does"
-"Hullo, Mike, hear yer on strike"
$50 anu. ! struck for fewer hours" "Did
you succeed 7" Indeed did. I'm mot
working at all, now"
When you say that you don't know
which are the latest letters In the alphabet.
you will be told o B CT, whereupon YOU
are expected to exclain o C.--OaW.
Ten dollars fine for contempt of court, ("
Numbered the judge. "What do you think
OF that ?" Better make it twenty" he re-
piled; "that amount of contempt ought
never to 60 for ten dollars"
-Mrs Mulvaney-"Arrah, Jamesy, phwy
do yez put two thermomeyturs forninst the
shtore" Shaunesy-"Begobs, Missus Null.
vaney, wan av them is to tell how hot 1t is.
an the other to tell how cowld 1t is"
And he did say all that, Pat ?" "Yiz,
yer riverence, all thin names he called me,
an els l, i wouldn't demane meself to lose
me temper wild such a low blaggard,' 80
just knocked him over wild the s6tiuk and
cum away"
-"Well, l wonder what to-day will bring
forth 7" said Gubbins TO his wife as he tum-
bled out of bed in the morning.
Tomorrow, probably" was the the Ia
comic reply. Then he didn't open his head
again for an hour.
Gallant passenger ito fellow.passenger
Twill you please tell that woman that she
can have my seat" Woman Indignantly
II am not woman, sir / am lady" Gallant
passenger(blandly)-"Not woman Excuse
my mistake"
-"Oconomowocp yelled the brakeman.
"OConner may walk, may he" exclaimed
an lrishman at the other end of the car. can
faith, if yes name me, you'll have foine time
maxim O'Connor walk when he paid foiye
dollars for this bit O. pasteboard." -iSt. Paul
Herald.
She Ito her partner after a lively ladies'
chain)-"Wuz dat you, Misto Tolliver, what
squeeze my han in ladies to de right pr
Parlner-"I dunno ; did you squeeze backP"
She--"The ideh Why, Of cose not" Part
ner-"Den you warn't de one cause de one
what squeeze her han she done squeeze
back"
One of her friends, not very we'll off in
worldly way, had brought her simple but
pretty gift on her birthday. cts only a
trlfe," the friend began, when Miss VIOLA
tile interrupted her with,
ooh, no apologies, l beg. shall value it
just as much as the presents have received
which are really worth something"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
An Honest Farmer.

| A woman was standing with her arms rest
ing on the front gate when a squnt-eyed
old fellow wearing the conventional habili-
ments of the pine hills and carrying an enor-
nous OK whip came along and asked:
Have you seen anything NV er little bay
steer round hyar ?"
"Er steer with er white star in his fore
head"
No"
"Sorer limps with the left hind foot, bat
pretty peart, taken altogether"
II tell you no." the woman snapped.
"Fotch er load NV wood in this moruin' an,
ole Darb-that's the steers name-got out Nv
steer bought from Ben Hardin last fall
lean Ben. Yer know him, reckon?"
mo, don't"
"Wall, rest easy erbout it, fur it amt your
fault, kas Ben gifts acquainted with mighty
nigh ever women he ken. l don't know
Whar Ben got the steer, but that amt none
Nv my business Amt seed him, have yer p
81 tell you no !" the woman almost scream
ed.
81 didn't know but he would er come up
thiser way, fur thar amt no telin' whar he'll
go when he gifts chance. Went over to old
Jim McLauthem's place one day an fell in
the well. Don't know old Jim, do your
mo, don't and more than than that,
don't want to know him nor you either
Go on away from here"
"Oh, yer oughtenter talk thater way erbout
old Jim. Wy, he's the man that diskiyered
the persimmOn puddin'. Amt seed nutbin'
OF the steer, yer say?"
"lf you don't go on away from here I'll call
policeman"
ooh, don't put yerse'f ter no trouble on my
ercount. may be honerylookin' but amt
no fool. | married the puttiest oman in all
our neighborhood, AN when | leave home /
allus tells my wife that if find pulitzer
oman than sheis, that-well, never expected
to see one, that's all, but have. Madam"
taking off his yellow SLOUGH hat and making
bow, "you air that lady"
ooh; what an old fool you are!" the wo-
man laughingly replied.
Yes, madam, am er fool-er fool erbout
beauty, but not erbout nothin' else. Some
men air Altered to tell er oman that's she
purity, but l amt. There never wuz nothin'
cowardly erbout me. Ter tell yer the truth,
| amt lost no steer, but when l seed yer
had ter trump up some sort Nv er yarn. I've
got er cod an er half NV wood round here on
er wagin that I'm going to sell, but sense I've
been talkin' ter you I've forgot all erbout the
wood. Yer'll Nv cose excuse me fur talkin'
ter you so, fur am an ole man, while you air
young ernuff ter be my daughter. Yer'll
pardon me, won't yerf"
30 certainly. What do you ask for your
woodP"
you may have the cod an er ha'f fur i've
dollars"
"All right" The delighted woman replied.
Bring it around here and throw it over the
fence"
He drove around, threw over quarter of
a cord of green pine poles, collected the five
dollars, bowed to the woman and went away.
-Arkdnsdw Traveller.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
Stomach and Mind,

Much of our conduct depends no doubt,
upon the character of the food we eat. Per-
haps, indeed, the nature of our meals gov
erns the nature of our impulses more than
we are inclined to admit, because none of
US relish well the abandonment of our idea
of free agency, Bonaparte used to attribute
the loss of one of his battles to poor din
ner, which at the time, disturbed his diges-
ton. How many of our misjudgments-
how many of our deliberate errors-how
many of our unkindnesses, our cruelties, our
acts of thoughtlessness and recklessness,
may be actually owing to cause of the
same characterp We eat something that de-
ranges the condition of the system. Through
the stomachic nerve that arrangement i'm
mediately affects the brain. Moroseness sue
ceeds amiability; and under its influence we
do that which would shock our sensibility at
any other moment Or, perhaps, a gastric
irregularity is the common result of an over
indulgence in wholesome food, or moderate
indulgence in unsuitable food. The liver is
afflicted. In this affliction the brain pro-
foundly sympathizes. The temper Is soured
the understanding is narrowed prejudices
are strengthened; generous impulses are
subdued; selfshness, originated by physical
disturbances which pcrpetually distract the
minds attention, becomes q chronic mental
disorder; the feeling of charity dies out; we
live for ourselves alone; we have no care for
Others. And all this change of of nature is
the consequence of an injudicious diet.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
Knocking at Doors,

In France, where the entrance to most
houses of distinction is by carriage way
with folding doors, the knockers are heavy
and clumsy, so that all comtrs give merely o
single knock. In England, on the contrary,
where the knocker is light and neat ap-
pendage to the door, knock is either single,
double, triple, quadruple or thundering
rat-tat-tat In the true staccato style, accord
ing to the dignity OF the person seeking ad-
mittance. A couple of days after the arrival
in London of the Duke of Nemours, on his
recent visit, the young Prince took 1t into
his head to take stroll one morning unac-
companied by any of his suite, and before re-
turning to his hotel he thought he would pay
an unceremonious visit to Lady j.
On reaching the door of her ladyship's
mansion the Duke lifted the knocker and let
1t fall gently. Ofcourse there was no great
hurry to answer such an unaristocIatc sum-
mons. Again the young Prince tried the only
"open sesame" he knew of, but without pro-
ducng any more effect than Selims "open
barley"-the door remained deaf to his en-.
treaties
knocked the third time-'twas but q single
rap still, but calculated to waken Echo from
her slumbers. A lacquey at length made his
appearance, and with consequential insolence
peculiar to his race, asked:
"What do you want, sirp"
81 want to see the Countess OIL"
"Who are you"
After getting the name repeated twice over,
the servant, with sundry misgivings, at last
determined TO take IL up TO his mistress, for,
according to his philosophy, how could any
one be q gentleman who came with single
knock ?-LOndon Paper.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
Saving and Spending.

Spending is well, but saving Is better.
Spending wisely is very nice art, and the
more moderately 1t is INDUCED, the more
moneys worth to the dollar will be got in
return. We are very glad that people are
again in position to spend, but we want to
remind them that the first use to make of
that privilege Is to pay debts; second to &C.
cumulate against age and disaster. Expendi-
ture should be made rigidly subject to income
and well within it, so as to leave over some
margin of saving. Some people are doing
it, and many, too, whose incomes are very
narrow. Looking along the column of daily
deposits at our savings bank, we find sums of
from one to ten more frequent than any others;
the weekly or monthly mickle delved by hon.
est toll, rescued from consumption, and
brought in to add to the muckle by the SER
want girl, the teacher, the mechanic, the
laborer, and others on small salary.
To the business man and capitalist, also,
the reminder is seasonable that prosperity Ia
the time to pay debts, not TO expand credit.
OF course, enterprise is urgent, expectations
are great, credit is the great charity that
helps many an undertaking upon its feet and
gives 1t being; but II is wise to make credit
short to require that good portion of 6rst
profits should go TO replace borrowed capital
with paid.up capital. There is another day
ofreckoning In the future, when credit will
shrivel up; five are ready for 1t, 1t will never
come, and just as soon as we cease to be ready
for 1t, II will come.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
The Egis& Intelligencer
Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY

Terms-sI.so a Year. In Advance
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
Never Heard Daniel Webster,

Daniel Webster once made great speech
before an audience of thousands in natural
amphitheatre among the Green mountains in
Vermont. A writer recently visited the spo,
and found it wilderness. 1.-The desoation
was perfect, and as bear, utterly Indifferent
to our presence, shambled across the road
in front of us, we we're still more impressed
with the fact that the wilderness, with its &C.
customed inhabitants, had long resumed its
ancient reign. Driving along for mile OF
two, we saw solitary shanty and a forsaken
looking man who had just finished milking a
starved COW. We stopped and asked him II
he knew the spot where Webster had
spoken. 'Webster-who was him p Why,
he was great American orator, who made
a speech somewhere around here many years
ago." never hern on he, an I've been
here for moren thirty year."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
LOUIS RUSSELL,

100 IT. GAY STREET.
(Four doors from Front ST. lOdec
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"A son of Erin who wished some of his
family and intimate friends to emigrate from
the Emerald Isle and become citizens of the
land Of the free, asked his employer to write
letter at his dictation. In recouniing the
inducements he said, "tell 'em l get meat
twice week." "You mean twice day."
returned the employer. mo, il l tell 'em
twice day they'll say I've got to be such
liar they wouldn't behave word l said
about anything, 30 tell EN- twice week.
Faith, they won't believe that"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
Clear and Harmless as Water.
Nattans' Crystal Discovery
FOE TIT IAIR.

A perfectly clear preparation In one bottle, as
easily applied water, for restoring to gray hair
its natural color and youthful appearance to
eradicate and prevent dandruff, to promote the
growth of the hair and stop its falling out It Is
entirely harmless and perfectly free from any
poisonous substances, and will, therefore, take
the place of all tho dirty and unpleasant prepara-
tions now In use. Numerous testimonials have
been sent US from many of our most prominent
citizens. In everything in which the articles now
In use are Objectionable, CRYSTAL DISCOV-
cry is perfect. 1t is warranted to contain neith-
er Sugar of Lead, Sulphur or Nitrate of Silver,
1t does not soil the clothes scalp, is agreeably
perfumed, and makes one of the best dressings
for the hair In use. 1t restores the color Of the
hair more perfect and uniformly than any other
preparation" and always does so in from three
to ten days virtually feeding the roots of the
hair with all the nourishing qualities necessary
to its growth and healthy condition; 1t restores
the decayed and induces a new growth of the
hair more positively than anything else. The ap-
plication Of this wonderful discovery also pro-
duces pleasant and cooling effect on the scalp
and gives the hair pleasing and elegant appear
ance.
Call at your druggist for 1t and take no other.
II he has not got 1t let him order 1t. Price 81
per bottle. ARTHUR NATTANS.
Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, b. g.
To be had in Bel Air of RICHARDSON &
SONS. and all druggists and dealers. Wholesale
of J. Thomson and Muth Bro. Co., BALTIC.
22oct6mos
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04

SAMPLE CoURAaE.-A little German.
town boy came home, crying, and bis
brother, couple of years his senior, asked
him what was up. "Why, feller round the
corner bit me in the nose" "Where Is hee
I'll show him said the elder boy. They
went to the corner and when the big brother
saw the boy, who was about bis own size,
he said to his little brother, "Well / guess
you deserved t."
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
Pnetical.
SOMETHING FOR JESUS.

do all to the glory OF God."-I. Cor. x. 81
Something for Jesus Oh, for His dear sake
Thy brightest hopes and sweetest Joys forsake
Counting. with gladness every pang and smart
That binds thee closer to His bleed ing heart.
Something for Jesus Let the words entwipe
With every action. every word of thine;
For cen thy daily thought, If brought 10 Him,
VIII be accepted as an Offering.
Something for Jesus AS the stone of old
II toucheth common life with threads OF gold
Brigh tening the lonely path of grief and care,
And giving life an aim-to do, to bear.
Something for Jesus! Nothing is too small
Nothing too great to give. when He gave all;
And simple service done as in His sight
Grows every day In length, and breadth, and
height.
Something for Jesus Lord, long to be
living song of gratitude to Thee
guiding light, hand stretched forth to bless,
spirit covered with Christ's Righteousness.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-02-04
The Straight and Curved Line

The explanation of the old maxim that
1.-THE curved lone is the line of beauty" says
the New York Journal Of Commerce, may be
found in the fact that no graceful form and
no picture can be made or drawn in straight
lines. The quotation asked for reads as fol.
lows:
Straight is the line of duty;
Curved Is the line beauty;
Follow the straight line thou shalt SEQ.
The curved line ever follow thee.
The lines are by William Maccall (author
Of Elements of Individuality who was O
warm personal friend of Thomas Carlyle.
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TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.-OneS Square, 3
insertion or less so. Each decentralization,
70 cents Longer advertisements in the same pro-
portion. Aspace equal to six lines squa 20.
Figure-work double price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications will
be inserted at ten cents per line.]
az Yearly advertisements atspecial rates.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-26
Some Of the Great Festures Of the Lancaster
COuaty Fair Of 1887,

The motto OF the fair management this year
and the Characteristic Of the exposition viii be
Every day = big Day" Lsncasters merchants
and foremost business men and manufacturers
will be there with exhibits OF their wares and
handiwork, such as NO like occasion has ever
seen.
Norbeck d Miley aud Edw. Edgerley . Co.
will compete with line OF nne carriage WORK.
that no city In the state. except Lancaster. coulo
turn out. sam Clarke, the live sroeerymau,
will have q complete miniature store and stock
on the ground. Hsger 4 Bro. J. b. Martin 4
and tasteful displays The Haoerbush sad
dlery; Finn d Breneman's house furnishing
water and gas lifting. and steam heating estab-
lishment; Kirk johnson 3 Co. and steve j..
Owens with q vast variety of musical iostru
ments, will have some Of the leading displays.
The famous Hecker Buckwheat VIII be sho = n
in every stage OF preparation and all forms OF
use the great PNlsbury our mills Of Minnesp.
oils will astonish the Lancaster county farmers
with their mAgnih cent display and the Bruns-
wick Company, OF Philadelphia, will attract the
lively interest OF our millers, grain growers,
bakers and housekeepers.
The magnificent cattle herds OF NJ. L. 6reider
With his twenty-five Guernseys; BrAckbnl
Keaoig 4 Co.'S twenty seven registered AOi.
steins, l.. L. BrandCs twenty -one Jerss - g
o. Heisey's nfteen Jerseys and Guernseys; Vim
Fairweather's twelve Ayrshires from Mead
Vile. Pa; Henry Ausser's twenty.one POLES
Aberdeen Angus. are some OF the famous catt
to be on exhibition.
Daniel Engle stable Of eleven head OF bloode<
horses simon kissIy' . imported coach horses.
and heavy ClydesdsIes; John b kendigs hal
score Of entries. ana dozens of single entries
will make such an exhibit OF Lancaster county
stock as has never been seen here. All of these
together with blooded bulls. prize heifers. dne
bred pigs, choice sheep and other animals will
make up the grand cavaicade Of Thursday.